Labour market governance and working conditions in Pakistan

See more photos on working conditions in ILO Flickr photo library. Pakistan ratified ILO’s Labour Inspection Convention No. 81 in 1953. The system of labour inspection in industrial and commercial workplaces need to apply to all workplaces in respect of which legal provisions relating to conditions of work and the protection of workers while engaged in their work are enforceable by labour inspectors.

The Government of Pakistan has a Labour Inspection Policy and a well established labour Inspection System in the country. The labour inspection policy has forward-looking components, as it includes concepts like enhancement of inspection services to hitherto uncovered sectors and activities, outsourcing some of the technical aspects of inspection, labour extension services, prioritizing the inspection by assigning risk factors to various industries, self inspection and reporting. However, measures are required to strengthen the labour inspection system within the country.